The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-28
A WHALEhRRATIyE.
TWO YEARS & THE TCHUK-
j. B. Vincent, , Survivor of the
New EedfoS Napoleon, De-
scribes Els Hices.

j. B. Vincent, survivor or the
New EedforS Napoleon, De-
scribes Els Hlces.
Co,yeS90l,de nceyoUidence Journal.
SAN Francis l0.-The revenue
Steamer Bear. wived at San Fran
cisco some ten 3, numbered among
her passengers nilt, powerful, good
looking man NIB. vincent. lie had
been picked upsovernment vessel on
the shore of thhatka Sea, about ten
miles south oNavarin, and had a
strange story this adventures from
the time whenruary, 1885, he first
boarded the Napoleon. Mr.. Vim
cent was read his story, which he
did in pretch the following
terms: Il now Is years
old and wi at Martha's Vine
yard, and SIND youngster always
had a likinge sea, and thought l
could stand tEell and might just as
well earn my going North as any
where else. ms ago last February |
shipped on bowhaler Napoleon, along
with thirty-ss, and to-day l often
wonder how d the luck to come
into San FL bay once more, for
never though it again. After we
got started wight all well until we
got up towfe Navarin-that was
about May she ice closed in upon
us, and it wilike taking an empty
eggshelI in nd, the ship went in so
quickly, and a narrow squeak of it
to divide uIour gangs of nine each
and take tcats Or the four boat
loads. | que card now the Fleetwing
picked up tyem after they had been
suffering npurs and four out of the
eighteen ha The third boat was
swallowed either; that meant thir-
teen lives 81 then the beat l was in
drifted routen days, as nearly as
can remembg south from where we
were wrecis then moving up north
again, maN shaped course. After
drifting abon days we finally landed,
or, rather the boat up on
the ice aboules south of Cape Nav
arin, and B lay twenty-six whole
days, keepiives alive on two small
seals which d and ate raw. OF course
the cold wees fearful, and the men
dropped offep until only four of us
were left. ie up our minds to try
the sea, andble attract the attention
of passing. We beat about for
sixty two mhe south, and then we
came back Id had the luck to strike
a low opening the steep cliffs. As
soon as we we saw a party of In
dams. who out to us: 'Masinkan
'Masinkal. e learned meant good,
or good frThey helped US out of
our boats got us under cover
in their ID, and treated us very
kindly. Tia little, sturdy race of
people, witstraight, black hair, and
skins as v a Chinaman's. As soon
as [ was ale about | found we were
close to a fer lagoon, which might
have been ter of a mile wide and
twenty mil 1t was fed, as far as |
could see, Dreams coming down from
the mount had no outlet. 1t was
well stocketrout, salmon and a red
fish sometle trout. We were well
on in sunni, and had a chance to look
round on tfiest country imaginable.
No vegetata scrubby cranberry and
a coarse gIich their ugly, awkward
little wondered for firewood. How
ever, we sdled with the family who
had taken us to split and dry fish,
and | cart board at least. In this
way we liubout a month, when one
day we saig toward us a caravan,
as YOU might, of about fifty sledges,
drawn byr and driven by perhaps
twenty-fvis, tall, well-built fellows,
and finer cay than the little fellows
who had bed us. The coast Indians
treated thFrivals, or Tchuktchis, as
they were with great deal of re-
spect, andk up friendship with an
old man oars of age, over 6 feet in
height, anaight as telegraph pole,
with a col face and quiet manners.
His nametourat, and when l made
him undetow we had got shlpwrecked
he swore Id put me back to my peo-
pie. Mvinates had suffered more
than dithe old man took charge of
me at on{
By asIuestions, which are here
omitted ncent afforded the following
Informative to these Tchuktchis, or
ieermenaid they came from an in
and valmiles from the coast, on the
other si6he Trade Mountains, and
made I'll down to the lagoon every
year to ! stock of fish and food for
he winhey brought their reindeer
md sleand went home loaded with
he resi- their three months labor.
During ourn by the lagoon Vincent
'apidlyhed his health, was entirely
rec scurvy, and became
DON apert herdsman. His good
lealth lbuted not only to his strong
onstitlbut also to the fact that he
Worked of loafing, and although he
tie notilt fish and deer's meat in two
ears. er had a scorbutic blotch. As
he oldhad given him to understand
lat he'd conduct him to Plover Bay on
1e 81 Sea, Vincent readily went
18th then, in September, 1885, they
roke
Hereent's story may be resumed in
neaipossible his own words:
"Asas the camp broke up | took
larg1team of reindeer; all the fish
as .. on the sleds, and our train must
I'VE mile long and looked like lit
, arIoving over the mountains. After
e hsEeled for few days a halt was
lied ] learned that they were going
Wa the snow fell in the beginning
Cd. During the whole trip we only
3 osal day, and usually Travelled
)m to fifteen miles not eating any
indl the caravan had been arranged
: fight. They arrange the sleds so as
fowo sides of triangle, placing the
selch sled to the end of the one in
,nlhen when they are ready to break
ney drive the herds of deer into
end of the triangle and draw
rhcross. The old deer follow easily
ocorral (the young ones sometimes
auble, and then they are thrown
Asso and whipped on the ears with
dhich is a lesson that does not need
ften repeatedly 1t requires a little
) manage the deer, as they can only
bached on the left side, and have a
C sweeping their horns back and
In dangerous way. The harness
of q single rope fastened to the
the sled. A train consists of seven
nd the entire herd numbered about
II. After we had got all ready for
bit, before entering the tents we
} be beaten in turn with teurgins,
ks made Of split deer norm